Fowler Engineering Presents: Advances in Parallel Discrete Event Simulation for Embedded Computer Systems

Speaker: Professor Rainer Doemer

Abstract: The design of embedded computer systems relies on modeling and simulation for performance estimation and optimization. However, the simulation of system models is slow due to the sequential nature of classic discrete event simulation (DSE). In this talk, we present recent advantages in aggressive parallel DES which rely on careful compiler analysis and a many-core simulation engine. We present experiments and results of the Recoding Infrastructure for SystemC (RISC) framework that yields two orders of magnitude speed up for parallel models.

Bio: Rainer Doemer received his Ph.D. degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of Dortmund, Germany, in 2000. He is currently a full Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He is also a member of the Center of Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems (CECS) at UCI. His research interests include system-level design and methodologies, embedded computer systems, specification and modeling languages, advanced parallel simulation, and the integreation of hard- and software systems. Rainer Doemer received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award for his research on efficient modeling of embedded computer systems in 2008, the EECS Faculty of the Year award in 2013, the Best Paper award at the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference in 2014, the Faculty Innovation in Teaching Mid-Career Award in 2016, and the Dean's Honoree for Teaching Excellence award in 2019.